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Greece, according to Dr. Kriiper, it winters, but only in small numbers, though Messrs. Elwes 

 and Buckley speak of it (Ibis, 1870, p. 332) as being " the commonest Sandpiper in the marshes 

 and rivers of Macedonia." Lord Lilford states that it is occasionally seen in June and July in 

 Corfu and Epirus, and is common there from the beginning of September till the end of May. I 

 have seen several specimens from Turkey, and have observed it in the spring on the Lower 

 Danube. Professor von Nordmann speaks of it as being common in Southern Russia, the first 

 arriving near Odessa about the end of March ; and in Asia Minor it is stated by Dr. Kriiper to 

 winter in small numbers as in Greece. Canon Tristram writes that it is common in Palestine 

 until June, long after the other Waders have left, from which one must infer that it cannot breed 

 very far distant from that country. Mr. C. W. Wyatt met with it in the peninsula of Sinai ; and 

 Von Heuglin says that it visits North-east Africa regularly in the winter season, arriving in Egypt 

 in August and September. He met with it not uncommonly in Abyssinia, but only singly on the 

 coasts of the Eed Sea ; and he observed it in the swamps of the Abiad to 8° N. lat. It leaves 

 in March or early in April ; but occasionally a straggler is to be met with throughout the summer. 

 Captain Shelley met with it throughout Egypt and Nubia in winter ; but Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., 

 informs me that he did not find it nearly so common in Upper as in Lower Egypt, where it was 

 one of the commonest species. He did not observe it at the Fayoom. Mr. Blanford found it 

 numerous in the highlands of Abyssinia, but did not note its occurrence on the coast. It has 

 been obtained as far south in Africa as the Cape colony. The various authors who have written 

 on the ornithology of Algeria agree in stating it is generally distributed throughout that portion 

 of Africa in winter. According to Favier {fide Colonel Irby) it is " not uncommon in winter 

 around Tangier, frequenting the edges of lakes and the banks of rivers alone or in pairs. They 

 depart northward during February and March, reappearing in August and September." Messrs. 

 Shelley and Buckley found it plentiful on the Gold Coast; Monteiro observed it in Angola; and 

 Mr. E. L. Layard states that several examples were received from Mr. Arnot, which were procured 

 near Colesberg, and that it was also common at Zoetendals Vley, in November 1865, and at the 

 Knysna. In Asia it is also widely distributed. De Filippi records it as occurring in Persia; 

 and Mr. Blanford met with it near Shiraz and in Baluchistan. Dr. Jerdon says that it is one of 

 the earliest of the tribe to arrive in India, and he has seen it in Northern India towards the end 

 of July. It is generally solitary ; and he thinks it possible that some few couples may breed in 

 Northern India among the hills, as Colonel Irby mentions having seen them in May, June, and 

 July. Dr. Henderson found it common throughout Yarkand ; Dr. Severtzoff states that it breeds 

 in Turkestan ; I have a specimen from Burmah ; and Mr. Blyth says that it occurs in Arakan and 

 Upper Pegu. Von Middendorff says that he first saw it in the Stanowoi mountains on the 4th 

 May, after which it was tolerably numerous ; and he also found it common on the south coast of 

 the Sea of Ochotsk. Dr. L. von Schrenck obtained it both at the headwaters and at the mouth 

 of the Amoor, in both places in May ; and Dr. Radde found it tolerably common throughout the 

 summer in Dauria, but it was usually seen in scattered pairs. He did not see it near Lake 

 Baikal, but adds that it is doubtless generally distributed throughout Asia. Pere David speaks 

 of it as being abundant on passage in Northern China; and Mr. Swinhoe, who records it as found 

 throughout China and Fomosa, adds that he believes a few remain to breed. Captain Blakiston 

 also mentions (Ibis, 1862, p. 330) that he shot one in Northern Japan, in September. 



